I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I commend Congressman Greg Walden for his sponsorship of the House companion bill, H.R. 7116, that makes the needed noncontroversial technical corrections…

I would like to reflect upon the words of Representative Luria. This really is a true bipartisan bill. I would like to thank not just the colleagues on the other side of the aisle but those colleagues from all of our States, Representative…

I am in opposition to this amendment because it actually creates a structural imbalance, or a structural deficit, in what we have been doing the last 5 years to rebuild our military, to regain that lost readiness. If you exempt personnel…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. In committee, we went through over 600 amendments and 12 hours of debate to arrive at this point, and we definitely had our share of differences along the way; but, in the end, we were able to come…

Do you believe that if we do not address these issues now, much of the good work undertaken by the Department and industry to maintain the viability of the defense industrial during this crisis could be undone?

I think in the future, there is going to be reluctance for this country to commit ground troops on foreign soil.

It is time for us to emphasize the integration, the full integration of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine.

The probability of Taiwan becoming a military flashpoint, I think, will increase.

What I see in the United States is, we have the United States Navy; we have the United States Marine Corps; we have the Merchant Marine; we have the Coast Guard.

How do we make sure we support operations in the long term?

I continue to believe that our Nation rightfully relies on the silence of the sea to mask our strategic undersea strike capabilities.

The supplying of naval forces at sea is a challenge, and particularly, the ability for us to provide rapid sealift to support combat operations is woefully inadequate.

I want to thank Chairman Courtney for yielding, and I want to thank our witnesses for participating today.

Logistics will continue to matter greatly.

Naval shipbuilding is a long game.

I do not believe that there is going to be a significant increase in allied naval force structure.

I agree, and I think you all bring up great points.

I argue many of them belong in the Smithsonian, they still use steam plants.

The new technologies that are so promising, I think that we are often overly optimistic in how quickly they will arrive.

I am concerned that we are not adequately resourced to really address this the way we need to.

I am opposed with the administration's legislative proposal that would solely rely on procuring used foreign-built vessels to recapitalize our surge sealift.

I believe it is time for the Army to pick up the budget responsibility for the surge sealift forces that uniquely support the Army's ability to go to war.

In addition to that, we also see, I think, continued threats to our transoceanic cables.

Classification societies have developed cyber security protocols and notations for industry use that promote security and consequently ensure compliance with government contracting requirements.

It seems like the Navy is saying, you know what, doesn't make a big difference to us. We don't need ships to get to the fight.